Letter Responses: Brooke Bolofsky

[Brookebolofsky]

Friendship papers are starting to come together. Our social meetings helped to shape these. We have new perspectives on friendship after these exercises. Sanjiv goes into detail in his letter on what we are doing in this course, our social meetings, and now the friendship papers.

[Brookebolofsky]

Looking at something is the way of design thinking. It is very creative. Can we integrate BUS365 to our papers? Is it possible? There is a chance but there is a risk if it can be successful.

[Brookebolofsky]

Sanjiv's creative process is very similar to ours. We are all learning from one another. To create our papers we look for each others guidance. This allows us to learn. Us working together is a sense of community- which we are as a class.

[Brookebolofsky]

Our ideas in the fishbowl and in this course have been our own ideas fully. Now we are starting to integrate the social meeting and becoming a team and how the team affects us. We are collaborating together to learn and get new ideas.

[Brookebolofsky]

Engaging with others is crucial. If teams are not engaging and collaborating they are behind and are loosing precious time here in the course and in the fishbowl and from learning. Learning is important and why we are in school. Leaving your ideas and footprints is important, as most people are doing in the course. If you are not you are missing out.

[Brookebolofsky]

After that, please take a look at your notings, and match them with personal, lived and experienced examples.

1. Note the words that are evoked in you by the facial expressions (images).
- Unsure: I am unsure what is going on as we did not see the beginning of the movie. I am sometimes unsure of things and I ask friends and family to explain things to me or even professors when I am unsure of things in class. They will clarify and help me understand.
- Surprised: I am surprised of what is going on. I am not sure what is really happening. I get surprised sometimes. Once my grandma came to surprise me for my birthday from Florida. It was so nice. I was so surprised I had not expected her visit.
2. Note the images that are evoked in you by the text.
- On a train: I love taking the train. I always take it from URI back home to NJ. It is very relaxing and peaceful, as I can get homework done rather than driving and sitting in loads of traffic which can be frustrating.
- Travel with wife and child: Whenever my family travels it is my dad, mom, sister and myself. My dad is always traveling with "wife and child". Makes me think of our family trips!

[Brookebolofsky]

A large shift has occurred in this course. This change is understanding how we think in society. We are not only looking at how as we think as individuals but together as a class. We look at each other in the fishbowl. We create our own path as a society.

[Brookebolofsky]

A lot has been done so far. A lot has been learned so far in this course. I am going to be talking from my point of view, my experiences this is how I am working on my structures. It is key to be working with your group, they are your team. Working together is vital for success in this course.

[Brookebolofsky]

The risk of something being able to fly is always a wonder to people. Will things succeed? Will they fail? Making sure to have a plan and understanding the theory will be beneficial. Success is possible if you are go into things with an open mind and have success as your number one plan!

[Brookebolofsky]

After the completion of the 10+1 structures Sanjiv will submit an abstract, including our structures, which has to deal with the self driven agenda. He will be doing an abstract for both of his classes.

[Brookebolofsky]

In this point in the course the students are the instructors in away. We are doing our structures and Sanjiv is reading them. We are creating abstractions and simulating ideas and thoughts through the fishbowl and with our teams on our structures.

[Brookebolofsky]

In the fishbowl and in this course I am gaining a voice. I am speaking and responding with my interpretations and opinions. If I want others to hear my voice I need to let it be known and speak in the fishbowl. Everyone has a voice and should be speaking.